Bob Heleringer
| Robert Leo "Bob" Heleringer | |
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| Kentucky State Representative for District 33 (suburban Jefferson County) |
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In office January 1, 1980 – December 31, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Benson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 14, 1951 Louisville, Jefferson County Kentucky, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia Carby Heleringer (married 1980) |
| Children | Sarah H. Reinhart Ann R. Hughes Tommy Heleringer Philip Heleringer |
| Parents | Robert C. Heleringer Mary Lou O'Donnell Heleringer |
| Residence | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Alma mater |
Our Lady of Lourdes School University of Louisville School of Law |
| Occupation |
Lawyer Horse breeder |
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Trinity High School (Louisville)
Robert Leo Heleringer, known as Bob Heleringer (born May 14, 1951 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Republican lawyer and figure in the horse breeding industry who from 1980 to 2002 held the District 33 seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives, based in suburban Jefferson County.
Heleringer (pronounced HELL RINGER) is the oldest of six children of Robert C. Heleringer (1926–2005) and the former Mary Lou O'Donnell (1927–2004). Robert C. Heleringer, also known as Bob Heleringer, and his father, A. M. Heleringer (1898–1964), founded and operated for a half century Heleringer's Furniture Company in Louisville. Heleringer attended Our Lady of Lourdes School in Louisville, where he was taught by the Roman Catholic Ursuline Nuns of the Immaculate Conception and acquired a keen interest in U.S. history. He graduated as an eighth grader from Our Lady of Lourdes in 1965 and then Trinity High School in 1969. He worked in the family furniture store during high school. The Heleringers had first lived on the South End of Louisville near Churchill Downs but subsequently moved to a larger residence at St. Matthews, a suburb on the East End of Louisville.
Heleringer was born in the week between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness races. His maternal grandfather from whom he acquired his middle name, Leo O'Donnell (1896–1993), was a Thoroughbred trainer who co-founded the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association. Heleringer's mother and his siblings raced horses in the 1990s and early 2000s and acquired a winner in Put Me In. Heleringer worked as a mutuel clerk and racing official at various locations while he attended the Roman Catholic Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1973. He then enrolled at the University of Louisville School of Law, at which he was the editor of the student newspaper. He graduated in 1976 and immediately launched his law practice. In 2000, he was named an "Honored Alumnus" by his law school.
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